A lot of people manage to find common ground and not let disagreements or tensions build up and destroy them, and other people break up or get divorced. I don't think anything is ever going to change that situation. You simply try to find an accommodation and an understanding with another person and work from there.

There's probably no one who understands Method acting better academically than I do, or actually uses it more in his work. But it's funny - nobody really sees that. It's perception versus reality, I suppose.

Believe it or not, I supported Richard Nixon on the issue of presidential privilege. How could anyone conceive of being the president of the United States and think that every single thing that you say or do can become a part of the public record? It just seems so stupid to me.

I'm certainly not as tough as people think. I'm not a fighter and so forth. I'd just as soon go home.

I think of a man and I take away reason and accountability.

With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.

There is no way you can get people to believe you on screen if they know who you really are through television.